Gender discrimination still persists here at home in the Congo, especially in South Kivu.

You can see in one where there are boys and girls, there is discrimination. After the 6th year the daughter can no longer go to higher education but boys can. After going to school the girl is preparing for her wedding because her parents don’t want her to continue studying, as they say that women's studies end in the kitchen. So they do not serve the same amount of inheritance as the boy even if she is an elder sister, even if the age difference is just of few months they will be the family heir. The sister is there only to inherit their marriage. Then they are associated with bad names such as MUNYERENKANA that pretty much means cow, in Rwanda they say ZIRAJE, which means “here comes the cow!” So having a daughter is considered like having a cow, because when we marry we will have many cows and the dowry will increase the family wealth.

Thanks to the UNICEF system all the children were sent to school and educated, especially girls. But parents find it difficult to have the means for schooling.
Please comment on this and get in touch with our Congolese leaders to create working parents and especially for the promotion of a free primary school.

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Gender discrimination still persists here at home in the Congo, especially in South Kivu.

You can see in one where there are boys and girls, there is discrimination. After the 6th year the daughter can no longer go to higher education but boys can. After going to school the girl is preparing for her wedding because her parents don’t want her to continue studying, as they say that women's studies end in the kitchen. So they do not serve the same amount of inheritance as the boy even if she is an elder sister, even if the age difference is just of few months they will be the family heir. The sister is there only to inherit their marriage. Then they are associated with bad names such as MUNYERENKANA that pretty much means cow, in Rwanda they say ZIRAJE, which means “here comes the cow!” So having a daughter is considered like having a cow, because when we marry we will have many cows and the dowry will increase the family wealth.

Thanks to the UNICEF system all the children were sent to school and educated, especially girls. But parents find it difficult to have the means for schooling.
Please comment on this and get in touch with our Congolese leaders to create working parents and especially for the promotion of a free primary school.

This is such an important subject, and I really appreciate the fact that you've given your readers a concrete suggestion for how they can make a difference. What's the best way for people in your country to get in touch with their leaders? Is there something those of us in other countries can do?